Shoe and boot polishing machine



July 14, 1925.

L. R. HAYWOOD SHOE AND BOOT POLISHING MACHINE Filed May 19, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 6 3 6 4 1 D O 0 w Y A H R L July 14, 1925.

SHOE AND BOOT POLISHING MACHINE Filed May 19 1922 3 SheetsSheet 2 July 14, 1925. I

L. R. HAYWOOD SHOE AND BOOT POLISHING MACHINE Fil d May 19, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented July 14, 1925.

UNITED STATES LORENZO R. HAYWOOD, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA.

SHOE AITD BOOT POLISHINGHACHINE.

Application filed lay 19, 1922. Serial No. 562,221.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LORENZO R. HAYWOOD, a citizen of the United States'of America, residing at Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama, has invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe and Boot Polishing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide an eflicient mechanical means for cleaning. applyingblacking, paste or dressing and finally polishing shoes or boots, under conditions serving to economize in the application of the blacking or other polishing material tothe same; and furthermore under conditions providing for the coin control of the mechanism, to the end that the apparatus may be set up for operation without requiring the presence of an attendant; and with these objects in .view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of, which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a polishing machine constructed in accordance with the invention.

, Figure 2 is a plan view of the same with the top or upper wall'of the same omitted.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 33 of Figure 2.

igures 4, 5 and 6 are transverse sectional views respectively on the planes indicated by the lines 4-4, 5-5 and 6-6 of Figure 3.

igure 7 is a longitudinal sectional view on the plane taken by the line 77 of Figure 2.

Figure 8- is a detail view in perspective of the cam actuated clutch shifting mechanism. a Figure 9 is a detail view of the timing gears.

The casing 10 is provided with suitable openings 11 to permit of the insertion of the shoes or boots to enable the wearer to position the feetsuccessively upon the stands or rests 12 arranged'respectively in relation to stations A, 13 and C which are designed for successive treatment of a shoe or boot and are adapted respectively for cleansing or applying a liquid dressing to the shoes, for applying a polish or paste to the shoes and finally for polishing the surface which has reviously been treated with the aste.

T e cleansingunit at A preferab y consists of the opposed side rotary brushes 13 having their spindles mounted u ,on suitable pedestals 14. and with their brist es arranged n frictional contact with endless distributmg belts 15 extending'around rollers 16 and 17 of which the latter are arranged in receptacles such as the trou hs'18 designed to contain a cleansing li uh? or dressing in a liquid form to be app ied primaril to the leather of the shoefor removing ust and softening the leather in preparation for the applicatlon of a paste or like dressing. The belts dipping into and passing through the liquid contents of the trou hs carry the material to the bristles of the brushes which thereupon apply the same to the shoe or boot occupying the stand or rest 12 which is located in 'an intermediate relation with the brushes.

At the station B representing the polish applylng unit of the mechanism there are arran ed the side brushes 19 having their spind es mounted in the pedestals 20 and with their bristles in contact with distributing'brushes 21' which operate in receptacles 22 designed to be supplied with a suitable paste either black, tan or otherwiseaccording to the preferred equi ment of the mechanism, said distributing rushes designed to be rotated by the contact therewith of the main brushes 19' and to convey the paste to the bristles of thelatter for application to the boot or shoe occupying the immediate stand or rest. a

.The polishing unit represented at station 0 includes the axially vertical, side brushes 22 and the axially horizontal toe and heel brushes 23 and 24 ada ted to 0perate respectively in relatively elevated and depressed positions with relation to the foot stand or rest so as to operate on the upper surface of the vam and on the back or counter and heel o the shoe to effect a proper and uniform polishing thereof.

In the construction illustrated, the means for operating the several elements of the polishing mechanism consists of a main shaft '25 driven, for example, by a motor 26, and countershafts-28 driven from the main shaft by gears 29 and 30, the former floating upon the main shaft and being operatively "engageable therewith by means of clutches 27 keyed to but slidable upon the main shaft. The spindles of the main brushes of both the cleaning and polish applying units carry bevel gears 31 meshing with similar gears 32 on the countershafts, and preferably the distributing elements consisting of the belts 15 and brushes 21 are likewise positively driven from the countershafts through gears 33 and 34 with the intermediate idlers 35 as shown in Figure 7.

The axially vertical brushes 22 of the polishing unlt may be driven through a countershaft 36 geared as at 37 to the main shaft and to the spindles of the said brushes by the bevel gears 38 indicated in Figure 3 while the axially horizontal front and rear brushes of said polishing unit may have their spindles connected for simultaneous movement by the chain 39.traversing sprocket wheels 40, and may receive motion through a chain 41 directly from the drive shaft 25 through the sprocket wheels 42.

It is desirable to have the mechanism controlled by means which can be released by the deposit of a "coin, and to this end a coin chute 43 is arranged in operative relation with the path of a push rod 44 yieldingly held in its retracted position by a spring 45 and carrying a follower 46 which cooperates with a similar follower 47 on a triprod 48, said followers being arranged to operate in conjunction with a shelf 49 which serves to check the downward movement of a coin dropped into the chuteun'til pressure is applied to the push rod to advance the trip rod. The trip rod is connected with a-switch arm 50 carrying one element of a knife switch 51 adapted to be closed by the actuation of the push rod when a coin has previously been positioned between the follower heads. In the construction illustrated as will be noted by reference to Figure 3 the follower head 46 is divided to provide elements operating in planes at opposite sides of the plane of the follower head 47, so that if the push rod is actuated without having previously deposited a coin the motion thereof has not been communicated to the trip rod.

The switch arm 50 is connected by means of a link 52 with a shifting block 53 having shoulders arranged in the path of movement in opposite directions of a shifting arm 54 forming part of a bell crank lever 55 which is connected by a link 56,, as shown clearly in Figure 8 with a shifting lever 57 arranged terminally in operative relation with a cam 58. This shifting lever is of bell-crank form and is connected by a link 59 with a clutch yoke adapted to shift the clutch by which motion is communicated from the drive shaft to the elements of the cleansing unit at the station A. The cam 58 which is carried by the shaft 61 also 0 crates in connection with a shifting lever 5 8 also of the bell-crank type connected by a link 59 with the clutch yoke 60 which operates to shift the clutch y which motion is communicated to the polish applying unit at station B. The cam Shaft 61 receives its motion from. the drive shaft 25 through timing mechanism having a 3 center of the cam to thereby swing the shifting arm 54 and thereupon the shifting block 53 in a direction to open the switch 51 and thereby stop the motor. This'movement of the parts permits the closing of the clutches 27 by the actuating springs 27 provided in hat connection.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A machine for the purpose indicated having in combination with a motor actuable drive shaft a plurality of shoe treating units provided with rotary brushes, clutches for controlling the communication of motion from the drive shaft to the brushes of the said units, clutch shifting mechanism, and a cam actuating timing mechanism actuable by the drive shaft for controlling the clutch shifting mechanism.

2. A shoe polishing apparatus having a motor actuated drive shaft, polish applying and polishing units having rotary elements for actuation by said drive shaft, clutch mechanism for controlling the communication of motion from the drive shaft to the polish applying units, a switch for controlling the motor circuit, coin controlled manually operable switch closing means, switch opening means, and a cam operated by and in timed relation with the drive shaft for successively actuating said clutch mechanism and said switch opemng means.

3. A' shoe polishing apparatus havin a motor actuated drive shaft, cleaning, polish applying and polishing units having rotary elements for actuation by said drive shaft, clutch mechanism for controlling the communication of motion from the drive. shaft to the cleaning and polish applying units, a switch for controlling the motor circuit, coin controlled manually operable switch closing means, switch opening means, and a cam operated by and in timed relation with the drive shaft for actuating the clutch mechanism to release first the cleaning unit and then the polish applying unit at a redetermined interval thereafter, and finally actuate the switch opening means.

In testimony whereof he afiixes his signature.

LORENZO R. HAYWOOD. 

